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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals OurExtraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves by Sharon BegleyIn this fascinating and far-reaching book, Newsweek science writer SharonBegley reports on how cutting-edge science and the ancient wisdom ofBuddhism have come together to reveal that, contrary to popular belief, wehave the power to literally change our brains by changing our minds.Recent pioneering experiments in neuroplasticity –the ability of the brain tochange in response to experience–reveal that the brain is capable ofaltering its structure and function, and even of generating new neurons, apower we retain well into old age. The brain can adapt, heal, renew itselfafter trauma, compensate for disabilities, rewire itself to overcomedyslexia, and break cycles of depression and OCD. And as scientists arelearning from studies performed on Buddhist monks, it is not only theoutside world that can change the brain, so can the mind and, in particular,focused attention through the classic Buddhist practice of mindfulness.With her gift for making science accessible, meaningful, and compelling,Sharon Begley illuminates a profound shift in our understanding of how thebrain and the mind interact and takes us to the leading edge of a revolutionin what it means to be human.“There are two great things about this book. One is that it shows us hownothing about our brains is set in stone. The other is that it is written bySharon Begley, one of the best science writers around. Begley is superb atframing the latest facts within the larger context of the field. . . . This is aterrific book.”–Robert M. Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers